Button-hole cutter



(No Modl.)

W. PQVROOMAN.

BUTTON HOLE CUTTER} N0. 384,653. Patented June 19, 1888 Mimi Q'W' N.PETERS, Pholwuthogra hur, WIIMIIKDIL DC- I I- TEF-WTIQ UNITE STATESPATENT OFFIc WILLIAM P. VROOMAN, OF FREMONT, OHIO.

BUTTON-HOLE CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384.653, dated. June19, 1888.

Application filed September 29, 1887. Serial No. 251,047. (No model.)

To aZ Z whom it may concern:

be it known that I, WILLIAM P. VROOMAN,

a cltlzen of the United States, residing at Fremont, 1n the county ofSandusky and State of 5 Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Button Hole Gutters, of

whlch the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings. 7

My invention relates to that class of buttonhole cutters which consistof a pair of notched scissor-blades, the movements of which, in closing,are limited by an adjustable stop, the purpose of the latter being todetermine the length of the button-holes to be out. The stops heretoforeusually employed to determine the lengths of the button-holes are screwsor notched ratchet-blocks attached to one of the handles of the cuttersand impinging against the other handle thereof; but these stops are opento the objection that their adustment is liable to be disturbed inhandling the cutters, so that when the latter have been set for acertain size of button-hole larger or smaller holes than are desired maybe unwittlngly cut by the user,owing to the accidental displacement ofthe stop.

In my improved button-hole cutters the stop s attached to one of thehandles of the cutters in a positive manner,and is adjustablelengtbwiseof the handle to which it is attached toward and from the pivot ofthe cutters, the said stop being securely held in place by a set screw,so that it cannot be accidentally dis- 5 placed after it has beenadjusted to cut a certain length of button-hole when it has beenproperly secured.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a pair of button-holecutters with my invention applied thereto. Figs. 2 and 3 are enlargeddetail views of the stop-block and its retaining-band. v A denotes theblades of the cutters, and B the handles thereof.

C is a band of proper size to surround the shank of one of the handlesB, and also the shank of the stop-block D.

The band C is provided at its overlapping ends with holes 0, throughwhich, when the band is in its operative position, as shown in Fig. 1,the set-screw E passes into the threaded hole d in the stop-block, thesaid screw extending through the latter to impinge against the handle tohold the stop-block in place. \Vhen the said screw is loosened slightly,the

said stop-block may be adjusted from or toward the pivot a of thecutters, or lengthwise thereof cannot occur.

I do not wish to be understood as limiting my invention to the preciseconstruction herein shown and described, although I have herein setforth what I consider to be the best and most convenient form of myinvention; but it is obvious that the stop-block might be permanentlyattached to or formed in one piece with the band C, or that othermodifications within the limits of mechanical skill might be madewithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

I am aware of the device shown by Kamaks United States Patent No.316,151, in which a stopping device, which isadjustable lengthwise ofthe handle by which it is carried, is shown, said stopping device beingheld to its adjustment by a spring, and being provided with aforwardly-projecting stopping portion, which extends between the shanksof the blades near the pivot. however, differs from mine in that it isnot positively secured in position, and is therefore more or less liableto accidental displacement; and also in that the stopping projectiondoes not extend toward the handle opposite to that to which the saiddevice is attached, so as to impinge against the same, but projectsforward so near the pivot of the cutters that the latter are liable tobe strained and loosened on the pivot, and these disadvantages areavoided by my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire, to secure byLetters Patent- 1. The combination, with a pair of buttonhole cutters,of a stop adjustably attached to This stopping device,-

one of the handles thereof and movable lengthperforated ends, thestop;block D, having a IO Wise 0f the said handle, said stop beingprothreaded hole, and the set-screw E, substanvided with a, set-screw,by which it is positively tially as set forth.

retained in adjusted positions, and being also In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in 5 provided with a projecting portion extendingpresence of two Witnesses.

toward the handle opposite that to which it is WILLIAM P. VROOMAN.attached, substantially as set forth. \Vitnesses:

2. The combination, with a pair of button- THOS. HUNT, hole cutters, ofthe band 0, having overlapping JOHN T. GARVER.

